The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-11-20
FLORIDA.

Palmetto mas new $%,UOU WharI
Dr. johnson, of Manatee, departed this
life Nov. 9.
The improvements of Palmetto are rap
idly increasing
Palmetto is in the race for the location of
the court house.
Philip H. Lewis, of Jasper, has been
granted a pension.
The Ocala House will hereafter remain
open the year round.
Manatee county will vote on local option
on the first Tuesday in December.
Palmetto has a good school under the
management of Mrs. Hoten, also a debating
society and young mems prayer meeting.
At Palmetto the shipping of fall vegeta-
bles has begun. Fine rains have fallen re-
Gently and farmers are all in good faith of
fair crop.
E. P. Crane, the recently appointed
Consul to Stuttgart Germany, was at one
time pastor of the Presbyterian Church of
st. Augustine during the war.
The White road brought into Daytona
Tuesday twenty one carloads of logs for the
various saw mills along the line 1t keeps
the road busy to supply the demand.
Citizen West, of Orange City, claims to
have lost $25000 to build the Blue Springs,
Orange City and Atlantic road, i'll the shape
of goods for the original contractors.
William Heifer, whose face and hand
were badly burned in Lincolnville, sub
urb of st. Augustine, Sunday night, win
probably have to have his hand amputated
Daytona Messenger The Associated
Press have full report" and n pony re-
port The SAVANNAH NEWS takes the
'horse" report. There are few papers that
are superior to the NEWS.
At Cedar KEYS fire broke out in the
colored part of the town about o'clock
Friday morning The loss is six homes
burned and two torn down. There was no
insurance on the property.
Capt. Wood, in charge Of the new ferry
boat for the ferry route between st.
Augustine and Anastasia Island, is on his
way to st. Augustine, and is expected
daily. The boat left New York on Nov ).
P. H. Walters, of Belleview, has grape
fruit tree on his place, the old Fogg home
stead, which is weighted down with over
900 grape fruit, and one cluster contains
twenty. All the fruit is very fine and large
in size.
Henry Mann, the Tallahassee negro
charged with numbering young Emil Du-
hois, has been granted new trial upon a
writ of error by the Supreme Court The
decision was rendered last Saturday, and
the case viii come up again before the Cir
cult Court at the December term.
The telephone company III st. Augustine
starts out with forty three subscribers The
wires will soon be connected and the work
completed. The public telephone exchange
will be in the bank building ON Bridge street.
The line will not, for the present be CON
nected with Jacksonville, but will be simply
local affair.
Daytona Messenger: And now comes
Orange City as a candidate for the county
capitol. One of these days the coast section
will have proposition before the board to
divide the county We help those who help
us. The coast can easily decide where they
want their county seat It's coming and is
only question of time.
County Assessor Silas B. Wright. of Vo-
lusia, has turned his books over to the Com
missioners. The assessment last year was
$2,550,00O, not including double assess
ments. This year the total foots up 81. So
900, an increase in one year of $3.50, 600,
which shows that Volusia county has made
material progress during the past year.
| The problem as to how to dispose Of the
orange crop has been solved as regards most
of the growers in the vicinity Of Apopka.
| The Florida Wine Company has contracted
for about 100000 oranges to be delivered
at their works. This is undoubtedly q good
thing for the people, as, taking into consid-
] GRAFTON the fact that the expense Of boxing,